Capcom's financial report for the last nine months of 2013 are now in, and while numbers are solid, they do not match up to those in 2012. While net sales were slightly up over the previous year, profits were not. From April 1, 2013 until the end of the year, Capcom had a net income of 5,957 million yen (about $58 million / £35.5 million / €42.7 million). This is 10% lower than the net income during the same time period in 2012.

Despite the loss of income, Capcom had several very successful games in 2013. While it did not release exact sales figures, Capcom says Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen and Monster Hunter 4 have been selling quite well. Capcom referred to Monster Hunter 4 sales as "a huge buzz even comparable to a sort of social phenomenon."

However, sales for Lost Planet 3 did not perform to expectations, which Capcom explains as being "due in part to intensifying competition in the European and North American markets."

Other games that met sales projections were Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destines for 3DS, the console release of Resident Evil: Revelations, and Dead Rising 3 on Xbox One. Again, no exact sales figures were revealed, but Capcom did state that Dead Rising 3 has surpassed sales of one million copies.

Capcom hopes to achieve a net income of 6,800 million yen ($66.4 million / £40.5 million / €48.8 million) by the end of the 2013 fiscal year, which ends in March 31, 2014. Earlier this year, we reported that Capcom aims for "more profitability" in this new generation.

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